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less than $8,500. But Third
Ward cannot be accurately described in terms of poverty. Dr.
Naomi Lede heads TSU's Urban Resources Center, and is a
Metro board members. She
said, "Third Ward is probably
one of the few neighborhoods
in Houston where you have an
abmixture of classes, from the
very lowest to the upper middle
classes." She said some of
Houston's wealthiest black citizens live in Third Ward. In explaining the social distance between UH and Third Ward,
Lede noted, "The majority of
the residents in the Third Ward
are of a different color from
UH. UH does not mirror the
community in which it is located and that creates a problem of
interaction and a problem of
communication."
The psychological distance
between UH and the Third
Ward was high-lighted by an
image survey UH had done in
the summer of 1985. The survey
results prompted Houston Post
columnist Lynn Ashby to write,
"UH has just received a damning report on how it is perceived in the community."
Ashby went on to say, "The location of the campus is about
the worst place in Houston for
a school," and "the athletic
program gives everyone the idea
that the school is made up
mostly of blacks."
"This kind of publicity,"
Lede said, "creates an unnecessary friction between UH and
the community." She said,
"That would tell you — 'we are
not part of the Third Ward
community, the Third Ward
community is black.'"
"That is racism," Bullard
said. "That's all it is. Now how
does the University deal with
white racism out there? Better
the university deal with it than
the folks in Third Ward." Bullard summed up UH's dilemma
with a question. "How do you
deal with racism in the larger
society and not be a willing
participant in the process?"
Dr. Robert Bullard, a sociologist at
TSU. Photo by Daniel Alder.
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